在我看来，人类获得对天体事物的洞察所走的道路，几乎与这些事物本身一样值得惊叹。

To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.

人生就像一盒各式各样的巧克力，你永远不知道下一块将会是哪种。

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

We are all patchworks of our ancestors.

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

I'm not afraid of losing, I'm afraid of not giving my best.